Helios Launches Local Health Benefits powered by Kota Embed

We’re excited to announce our latest embedded benefits partnership with Helios - an exciting new global workforce management platform! 

Kota Embed gives organisations using the Helios platform a faster, simpler way to set up and manage health benefits from providers like Freedom Health for their teams - helping them stay compliant, locally competitive, and ready to grow!

Companies Are Now Borderless, but Benefits Infrastructure Hasn’t Kept Up

Thanks to Helios, employment and payroll is about to  become significantly easier for globally distributed companies. Our partnership is ensuring that employees’ benefits are at the forefront of this offering, and are not lagging behind.

Setting up and managing health insurance in multiple countries often means juggling local vendors, navigating regulatory nuances between countries, and wrangling spreadsheets. It’s expensive, time-consuming, and difficult to scale.

By combining Kota’s international benefits infrastructure with Helios’ centralised approach to workforce operations, this integration simplifies one of the most fragmented, compliance-heavy parts of running a global business. 

I sat down with Rick to dive into our shared vision for the future of work and the tools needed to bring it to life - you can check out the full interview here.

What This Means for Helios Customers

With this integration, Helios customers can now:

• Access health insurance providers like Freedom Health through Kota’s embedded insurance solution. 

• Set up and manage group health insurance tailored to each market. 

• Automate payroll deductions and sync benefits directly into Helios payroll reconciliation. 

• Ensure compliance with country-specific benefits regulations. 

• Access real-time analytics and reporting on benefit usage and spend. 

All within the same platform they already use to manage global employment.

We built it with the teams behind the teams in mind - HR, People, and Finance professionals who are tasked with supporting distributed teams while keeping costs, compliance, and complexity in check. It removes the need to manage local brokers, chase down paperwork, or worry about whether coverage is up to standard. With Kota and Helios, benefits just work - alongside everything else.

When expanding into new markets, you’ve got enough to figure out. Now, benefits are one less thing on that list.